WEST GERMANY: The Old Man Steps Aside

My wish is that when mankind looks
beyond the clouds and dust of our times, it can be said of me that I
have done my duty.

Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Adenauer is a man used to making his own lonely decisions. With
single-minded discipline and skill, he has done more than anyone else
to raise his country from ruin and disgrace to riches and repute in ten
short years. And it was his command decisions which committed West
Germany firmly to Western Europe and the Atlantic Alliance.